Appendix for Comparing Area-Level Socio-Economic Status Indices: Predictive Power Across Health Outcomes and Geographic Levels

109 Pages Posted: 19 Dec 2023 Last revised: 21 Feb 2025

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Lorenzo Franchi

Washington University in Saint Louis, John M. Olin Business School

Francesco Maria Rossi

Northwestern University

John Meurer

Medical College of Wisconsin

Anna Chorniy

Northwestern University

Benjamin W. Weston

Medical College of Wisconsin - Department of Emergency Medicine

Jeff Whittle

Clement J. Zablocki Medical Center - Department of Medicine

Ronald Ackermann

Northwestern University - Feinberg School of Medicine

Bernard S. Black

Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law; European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)

Paula Natalia Barreto Parra

Northwestern University

Date Written: February 21, 2025

Abstract

This Appendix contains additional discussion on the value of area-SES measures in predicting health outcomes, on other area-SES measures we did not study; on replication for the measures we did study; documentation and details on datasets and empirical specifications, and and additional results for Franchi et al. (2024), Comparing Area-Level Socio-Economic Status Indices: Predictive Power Across Health Outcomes and Geographic Levelshttps://ssrn.com/abstract=4547382.


The datasets and do files to create the area-SES measures studied in this project are available from Professor Black’s website at https://www.law.northwestern.edu/faculty/profiles/bernardblack/; click on “datasets and talks”.

Keywords: Socio-economic status, SES, SES measures, Graham Social Deprivation Index, Area Deprivation Index, Social Vulnerability Index; percent in poverty, Townsend Deprivation Index.

Suggested Citation

Franchi, Lorenzo and Rossi, Francesco Maria and Meurer, John and Chorniy, Anna and Weston, Benjamin W. and Whittle, Jeffrey and Ackermann, Ronald and Black, Bernard S. and Barreto Parra, Paula Natalia,

Appendix for Comparing Area-Level Socio-Economic Status Indices: Predictive Power Across Health Outcomes and Geographic Levels

(February 21, 2025). Northwestern Law & Econ Research Paper No. 23-25, Northwestern University, Institute for Policy Research Working Paper 23-43, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4547384 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4547384

Lorenzo Franchi

Washington University in Saint Louis, John M. Olin Business School ( email )

Simon Hall 286, Olympian Way and Forsyth Blvd
St. Louis, MO 63130
United States

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Francesco Maria Rossi

Northwestern University ( email )

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Evanston, IL 60208
United States

John Meurer

Medical College of Wisconsin ( email )

United States
4145100375 (Phone)

HOME PAGE: http://https://www.mcw.edu/departments/institute-for-health-and-equity/people/john-meurer-md-mba

Anna Chorniy

Northwestern University ( email )

2001 Sheridan Road
Evanston, IL 60208
United States

Benjamin W. Weston

Medical College of Wisconsin - Department of Emergency Medicine ( email )

Jeffrey Whittle

Clement J. Zablocki Medical Center - Department of Medicine ( email )

5000 W. National Ave.
Milwaukee, WI 53295
United States

HOME PAGE: http://www.mcw.edu/display/router.asp?DocID=10377

Ronald Ackermann

Northwestern University - Feinberg School of Medicine ( email )

Bernard S. Black (Contact Author)

Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law ( email )

375 E. Chicago Ave
Chicago, IL 60611
United States
312-503-2784 (Phone)

European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)

Brussels
Belgium

Paula Natalia Barreto Parra

Northwestern University ( email )

2001 Sheridan Road
Evanston, IL 60208
United States

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